Babban-Kauye, in a viral video, told police interrogators that he and members of his gang had collected about N5 million from villagers in the Tsafe Local Government Area of the state.
Captured Zamfara Bandit Kingpin, Babban-Kauye, Narrates How He Collected N5Million Levy From Villagers, Killed Policemen, Others
A bandit leader, Ya'u Duno Babban-Kauye has confessed to collecting peace and safety levies from villagers in Zamfara State.
Babban-Kauye, in a viral video, told police interrogators that he and members of his gang had collected about N5 million from villagers in the Tsafe Local Government Area of the state.
He also confessed to killing one Sanusi Dakolo and one Suleiman Usman after collecting N500,000 levy from each of them.
According to him, Dakolo was killed because he joined a local militant group formed to resist bandits. Usman was also killed for no justifiable reason.
He said he regretted that a member of his gang and cousin, Babanlo, fired the shots that killed Usman despite paying the tax imposed on him.
In a video posted by a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, on X (formerly Twitter), which was credited to Abdul Balarabe (@abdul_donjay), Babban-Kauye gave details of his operations, including how he killed two police officers and took away their guns.
He said, "We collected N3 million, that's N1 million each from Sangawa, Rikibu and Nasarawa Mai Fara villages. We got N250,000 at Dakolo village. We got N150,000 from Kani village and another N150,000 from Magaji.
"Regrettably, my cousin Babanlo murdered Suleiman Usman after dutifully paying the N500,000 tax levied on him. I had asked Babanlo to escort him home, unfortunately, he fired shots at him the moment they were out of sight.
"It is true we collected N500,000 from Sanusi but we had to kill him because he decided to join a militant group to antagonise us.”
"We are also responsible for the death of two policemen at Keita. We ambushed them, killed the two and took away two AK47 rifles," he said.
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